Monday, 2 September 2013

Sepia Saturday 193 : 7 September 2013

Some times you just need to be alone. You need space : space to think, space to breathe, space to contemplate your place in the great scheme of things. What better way to find such space than to get into a boat and row out into the middle of the sea. This is what this young lady did back in 1900 somewhere near Estonia. And her trip into the middle of nowhere was recorded and is preserved for ever in the Flickr Commons stream of the National Archives of Estonia. For Sepia Saturday posters who like a theme, there is any combination of girl, boat, middle and nowhere. Whatever you decide to go with, just post your post on or around Saturday 14th September 2013 and link it to the list below.

But before you go in search of solitude, perhaps you would like something to think about whilst you are floating on the waves. Here are the next two Sepia Saturday theme images.

194 : Here is a woman making an American flag which might point you in the direction of flags, sewing, books or even chandeliers.

195. Today will be International Day of Peace. Sepians can do their bit by
highlighting it in their blogs. Activities around the world will include;
ceremonies, prayers, choirs, tree planting, art exhibitions, lighting candles,
peace walks. Your response could be one of these from the past, historical or
personal.

So now you know what is required of you, not just for this week but for the two weeks after as well. Free yourself of all distractions, find your own piece of solitude, compose your posts, post your posts, and then row around and visit all your sepia friends.

Sepia Saturday

Launched by Alan Burnett and Kat Mortensen in 2009, Sepia Saturday provides bloggers with an opportunity to share their history through the medium of photographs. Historical photographs of any age or kind (they don't have to be sepia) become the launchpad for explorations of family history, local history and social history in fact or fiction, poetry or prose, words or further images. If you want to play along, all we ask is that your sign up to the weekly Linky List, that you try to visit as many of the other participants as possible, and that you have fun.